diff --git a/api/scaling.go b/api/scaling.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..efa042ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/scaling.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package api
+
+// ScalingPolicy is the user-specified API object for an autoscaling policy
+type ScalingPolicy struct {
+	Policy  map[string]interface{}
+	Enabled *bool
+}
+
+func (p *ScalingPolicy) Canonicalize() {
+	if p.Enabled == nil {
+		p.Enabled = boolToPtr(true)
+	}
+}
+
+// ScalingRequeset is the payload for a generic scaling action
+type ScalingRequest struct {
+	JobID  string
+	Value  interface{}
+	Reason string
+	WriteRequest
+	PolicyOverride bool
+}
diff --git a/api/tasks.go b/api/tasks.go
index d4856ee2e..f7ee42a78 100644
--- a/api/tasks.go
+++ b/api/tasks.go
@@ -409,18 +409,6 @@ func (vm *VolumeMount) Canonicalize() {
 	}
 }
 
-// ScalingPolicy is the user-specified API object for an autoscaling policy
-type ScalingPolicy struct {
-	Policy  map[string]interface{}
-	Enabled *bool
-}
-
-func (p *ScalingPolicy) Canonicalize() {
-	if p.Enabled == nil {
-		p.Enabled = boolToPtr(true)
-	}
-}
-
 // TaskGroup is the unit of scheduling.
 type TaskGroup struct {
 	Name             *string
diff --git a/command/agent/job_endpoint.go b/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
index 83a020bc9..4db5f5b93 100644
--- a/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package agent
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) JobSpecificRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Requ
 	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/stable"):
 		jobName := strings.TrimSuffix(path, "/stable")
 		return s.jobStable(resp, req, jobName)
+	case strings.HasSuffix(path, "/scale"):
+		return s.jobScale(resp, req, path)
 	default:
 		return s.jobCRUD(resp, req, path)
 	}
@@ -454,6 +457,49 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) jobDelete(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+func (s *HTTPServer) jobScale(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
+	jobAndTarget string) (interface{}, error) {
+	if req.Method != "PUT" && req.Method != "POST" {
+		return nil, CodedError(405, ErrInvalidMethod)
+	}
+
+	var args api.ScalingRequest
+	if err := decodeBody(req, &args); err != nil {
+		return nil, CodedError(400, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	if args.JobID == "" {
+		return nil, CodedError(400, "Job ID must be specified")
+	}
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(jobAndTarget, args.JobID) {
+		return nil, CodedError(400, "Job ID does not match")
+	}
+	subTarget := strings.TrimPrefix(jobAndTarget, args.JobID)
+	groupScale := regexp.MustCompile(`/[^/]+/scale`)
+	groupName := groupScale.FindString(subTarget)
+	if groupName == "" {
+		return nil, CodedError(400, "Invalid scaling target")
+	}
+
+	scaleReq := structs.JobScaleRequest{
+		JobID:          args.JobID,
+		GroupName:      groupName,
+		Value:          args.Value,
+		PolicyOverride: args.PolicyOverride,
+		Reason:         args.Reason,
+	}
+	// parseWriteRequest overrides Namespace, Region and AuthToken
+	// based on values from the original http request
+	s.parseWriteRequest(req, &scaleReq.WriteRequest)
+
+	var out structs.JobRegisterResponse
+	if err := s.agent.RPC("Job.Scale", &scaleReq, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	setIndex(resp, out.Index)
+	return out, nil
+}
+
 func (s *HTTPServer) jobVersions(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
 	jobName string) (interface{}, error) {
 
diff --git a/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go b/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go
index 807a58375..eebb1fb97 100644
--- a/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/job_endpoint_test.go
@@ -666,6 +666,66 @@ func TestHTTP_JobDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestHTTP_Job_GroupScale(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	require := require.New(t)
+
+	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestAgent) {
+		// Create the job
+		job, policy := mock.JobWithScalingPolicy()
+		args := structs.JobRegisterRequest{
+			Job: job,
+			WriteRequest: structs.WriteRequest{
+				Region:    "global",
+				Namespace: structs.DefaultNamespace,
+			},
+		}
+		var resp structs.JobRegisterResponse
+		if err := s.Agent.RPC("Job.Register", &args, &resp); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		newCount := job.TaskGroups[0].Count + 1
+		scaleReq := &api.ScalingRequest{
+			JobID:  job.ID,
+			Value:  newCount,
+			Reason: "testing",
+		}
+		buf := encodeReq(scaleReq)
+
+		// Make the HTTP request to scale the job group
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", policy.Target, buf)
+		require.NoError(err)
+		respW := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+		// Make the request
+		obj, err := s.Server.JobSpecificRequest(respW, req)
+		require.NoError(err)
+
+		// Check the response
+		resp = obj.(structs.JobRegisterResponse)
+		require.NotEmpty(resp.EvalID)
+
+		// Check for the index
+		require.NotEmpty(respW.Header().Get("X-Nomad-Index"))
+
+		// Check that the group count was changed
+		getReq := structs.JobSpecificRequest{
+			JobID: job.ID,
+			QueryOptions: structs.QueryOptions{
+				Region:    "global",
+				Namespace: structs.DefaultNamespace,
+			},
+		}
+		var getResp structs.SingleJobResponse
+		err = s.Agent.RPC("Job.GetJob", &getReq, &getResp)
+		require.NoError(err)
+		require.NotNil(getResp.Job)
+		require.Equal(newCount, getResp.Job.TaskGroups[0].Count)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestHTTP_JobForceEvaluate(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	httpTest(t, nil, func(s *TestAgent) {
diff --git a/nomad/structs/structs.go b/nomad/structs/structs.go
index d03e9c403..f772bff0c 100644
--- a/nomad/structs/structs.go
+++ b/nomad/structs/structs.go
@@ -618,6 +618,18 @@ type JobPlanRequest struct {
 	WriteRequest
 }
 
+// JobScaleRequest is used for the Job.Scale endpoint to scale one of the
+// scaling targets in a job
+type JobScaleRequest struct {
+	JobID     string
+	GroupName string
+	Value     interface{}
+	Reason    string
+	// PolicyOverride is set when the user is attempting to override any policies
+	PolicyOverride bool
+	WriteRequest
+}
+
 // JobSummaryRequest is used when we just need to get a specific job summary
 type JobSummaryRequest struct {
 	JobID string